Stocks end higher on GDP data; Nasdaq near 3-month high

MarkCotton

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks ended higher Thursday, with the Nasdaq near a three-month high, amid renewed confidence in the economy after an upward revision in first-quarter economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, -1.56%
rose 80 points to an unofficial close of 10,537. The Nasdaq Composite Index
$compq
gained 21 points to 2,071 while the S&P 500 Index
SPX, -1.66%
was up 7.6 points to 1,197.62.

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